Principal Software Engineer at Oracle
Jackson, MS
$114,600–$234,600from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Jackson, MS
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A principal-level engineering role focused on designing, developing, and maintaining Oracle's retail commerce platforms. The work involves leading complex cross-functional projects, driving cloud platform architecture, and ensuring stability and scalability of mission-critical systems used by global retailers. The role suits an experienced Java engineer comfortable owning technical direction, decomposing large problems, and working across distributed systems.
Senior level · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
Posted 25 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 26,800 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 11,200–40,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The posting is titled 'Principal Software Engineer' and carries Oracle's internal level IC4, but the requirements describe a senior individual contributor role (prior senior-level Java engineering experience, cross-functional technical lead) without genuine org-wide architectural authority — seniority is assessed as Senior rather than Principal.
Tomcat, WebLogic, Jersey, and Maven are explicitly labeled 'Bonus Experience' in the posting and are treated as preferred accordingly.
Cloud databases and object storage are mentioned alongside Kubernetes as cloud resource experience but are described generically with no specific product named, so no additional skill entries were created for them.
Compensation is stated as a broad US hiring range ($114,600–$234,600/year) with potential eligibility for bonus and equity.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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